Example sentences of "it suddenly [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It suddenly seemed to him to have been lull of long damp nights sleeping under the stars , desperate fights with trolls , city guards , countless bandits and evil priests and , on at least three occasions , actual demigods — and for what ? |
2 | As the cabin cruiser The Aznewts approached the bank of the River Severn at Holt Fleet in Worcester it suddenly rolled over throwing three of the crew overboard . |
3 | ‘ It suddenly came over him ? ’ |
4 | ‘ It suddenly came to me what they had done . |
5 | It suddenly came to her … the hidden meaning in her thought when they 'd left Forster taking up his position in ambush . |
6 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
7 | It suddenly came to me . |
8 | She was sipping the last of her coffee , however , when it suddenly came to her just how much Ven had been in her thoughts since she had awakened , also how very much she wanted to see him again ! |
9 | I did this massive erm spit out the window and it suddenly exploded like that . |
10 | While they were walking back from the Huddersfield discotheque , it suddenly dawned on Fred and Arthur that they had eaten three main meals that day instead of two . |
11 | That first night it suddenly dawned on me that they were there for me . |
12 | She was motoring through Germany , though , when it suddenly dawned on her that she had n't asked Cara that most fundamental of questions — when was she supposed to return to England ? |
13 | Then it suddenly dawned on me , why Thursday . |
14 | So after about a couple of bouts , I thought , alright , and it suddenly dawned on me I did n't know how to stop the tractor . |
15 | The dog sank its powerful jaws into the boy 's face when it suddenly turned on him as he played at his home in Alton , Hants . |
16 | Two blocks away from the house of her childhood it suddenly occurred to her that her mother might have left , that there might be strangers in the hallway , a different set of curtains hanging at the windows ; her father 's study might have been turned into a playroom for a new generation of North Oxford children , so different from herself in her prim Clark 's T-bar sandals that she would not be able to recognise her own infancy in theirs . |
17 | ‘ It suddenly occurred to me , ’ he says looking back , ‘ what if something serious happens there , or even a hint of something . |
18 | It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in . |
19 | Then it suddenly occurred to one of the party that these must be the first set of revolving doors Hannah had ever encountered , so he leaned forward and set them moving . |
20 | It suddenly occurred to me that just as I wanted the boys to dress according to Western ideas when they were in London , so the Sheikha and Sheikha Grandmother would like me to dress according to their ideas of fashion when I was with them . |
21 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
22 | I was driving on my way through beautiful scenery in Wales where I live and it suddenly occurred to me how this would all be altered in a nuclear war . |
23 | It suddenly occurred to Hazel that these desperate interruptions seemed to follow any question beginning " Where ? " |
24 | It suddenly occurred to Cissie that Beth had never spoken about her own parents . |
25 | It suddenly occurred to her that total disregard of her escapade was a very subtle punishment indeed . |
26 | And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it . |
27 | There was a little parapet going round the arcade and it suddenly occurred to Owen that it might provide a vantage-point from which he could more pleasantly monitor proceedings . |
28 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |
29 | It suddenly occurred to her they could already be married . |
30 | Mm I had to go back it suddenly occurred to me I 've got the back door key but it might still have been bolted . |